GM Neil McDonald Full name Neil McDonald Born 1/1/1967 (age 57) Place of birth Federation England Profiles #1778 World Ranking 2399 Classical 2406 Rapid 2374 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (19 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (14 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (9 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (9 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Rubinstein, Fort Knox Variation (28 games) French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (17 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (15 games) French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (12 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Neil McDonald (2406) Dave J Ledger (2221) 1-0 47 2023 Neil McDonald (2406) Nicholas Pert (2600) 1-0 36 2023 Neil McDonald (2406) J Stuart Robertson (2161) 1-0 31 2023 Neil McDonald (2406) Daniel Alsina Leal (2441) 0-1 49 2023 Neil McDonald (2406) Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2496) ½-½ 43 2023 Neil McDonald (2411) John M Quinn (2096) ½-½ 52 2023 Neil McDonald (2407) J Stuart Robertson (2174) 1-0 40 2022 Neil McDonald (2406) Alex Golding (2046) 1-0 64 2022 Neil McDonald (2406) John M Quinn (2206) 1-0 34 2022 Neil McDonald (2410) Tim Kett (2191) 1-0 60 2022 Show All Games